The Digital Technology for Democracy Lab is a collaboration across the University of Virginia that explores how rapidly evolving digital technologies can challenge, but might also fortify, democratic institutions and practices.
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“Financial Lives in a Networked Generation: How Finfluencers, Fin-Tech, and FOMO Shape Young Adults’ Financial Well-being” Report Launch
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Algorithms of Empire
Maria Lungu, DTD Lab postdoc, discussed the ethical and social problems associated with AI-enabled predictive policing in the U.S., based on her article in The Conversation, during a recent episode of a podcast about the implications of AI across various fields.
Analysis: Hate speech increases violence against women
Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, analyzes how social media groups impact the daily lives of young people in a discussion of the trend "in case she says no".
The ‘red pill’ is right next door: how online misogyny attracts young people through resentment.
In an interview with Marie Claire, Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, discusses the difficulty in identifying hate speech against women by platforms, due to the systems lack of capacity to understand the context.
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